Deadline: September 30, 2021.

The Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA), in line with its mission of contributing to the development of Africa through the drive of its women, is launching the 7th Edition of SCIENCE BY WOMEN programme, with the aim to promote African women’s leadership in scientific research and technology transfer and to foster the capacity of the research centres in their home countries. The main goal is to enable African women researchers and scientists to tackle the great challenges faced by Africa through research in health and biomedicine, sustainable agriculture and food security, water, energy and climate change.

Considering the exceptional challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic, some of the fellowships are focused on the research and innovation carried out by African women scientists from the diverse and interdisciplinary approaches.

Women’s lives are significantly affected by the repercussions of uncontrolled development; however, social, structural and economic barriers limit their capacity to tackle the great challenges faced by the continent. The gender disparities in science and technology in both the public and private spheres affect Africa’s population as a whole. Narrowing this gap, which has severe consequences on the balanced and sustainable development of African countries, is vital to achieve long-term progress and equal growing.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meets the following requirements:

• Being a woman
• Having the nationality of an African country
• Having a PhD with at least 3 years of post-doctoral professional experience
• Current contractual relationship with a university or a public or private non-profit organization based in Africa dedicated to significant scientific research in the areas indicated above
• Excellent academic record and proven track of relevant research experience
• Solid working knowledge of English
• Proven experience leading a research group

BENEFITS

Successful candidates will have access to the following benefits:

• Return flight from their centre of origin to the host institution
• Living allowance of 2.400 Euros (before taxes) per month to cover accommodation, personal expenses and health and occupational accident insurance coverage. Only Biodonostia offers full boarding accommodation and a living allowance of 1400 euros gross.

APPLICATION

Only applications submitted in English via the Science by Women microsite at www.mujeresporafrica.es will be accepted.

Candidates must submit the following documents:

• Letter of Interest (max. 1 page)
• Full curriculum vitae (Europass format is ecommended)
• Fully filled form
• Brief but concise description of the project to be developed in the Spanish host centre (max. 2 pages).

Research proposals should fall within the main research strands of the chosen centre, as specified in section 6 of the Rules & Guidelines document.

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